Ukraine has made a decision to place " war bonds " for 83 million dollars
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine on Thursday for the first time will be offered at the auction bonds of internal state loan bonds (OVGZ) " War bonds " total nominal amount of UAH 1 billion (83 million). The bond maturity is two years, interest rate is 7% per annum, the coupon is paid semi-annually, while ordinary bonds of such duration before was placed under 16, 75% per annum, reports " news Agency. All the funds raised as a result of accommodation of bonds, will be directed on financing of the " special operation ". Before Thursday stated that the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has made in the state budget for the 2014 edits allocating 9, 1 billion UAH (758 million) in the form of additional payment security forces and 1, 9 billion UAH (158 million dollars) to restore the infrastructure of the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts. First Finance Minister of Ukraine Oleksandr Shlapak said that the protracted " special operation " in Eastern Ukraine resulted in the exhaustion of all the funds that were allocated for it. Remember, Ukraine is in a difficult political crisis, which affects and so not in a good state of the economy of the country and its budget. The national Bank of Ukraine did not exclude inflation to rise to 19% in 2014. In addition, the lack of the capital budget of Ukraine reached 3, 2 milliard grivnas (274 million dollars). This decline in GDP of Ukraine in the first six months of the current year in comparison with the corresponding period in 2013 amounted to 3%.